Poll of the Day > BlogFaqs Topic: Fell down a rabbit hole of wondering what an ex was up to

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My ex and I broke up in college. I was a couple years older, but had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. She on the other hand was absolutely determined to pursue medical research. Specifically curing the disease that almost killed her sister.

And then she just did it. Blazed through undergrad and graduate school and now she has 8 or so research papers on the topic.

There is no reason for me to make this topic, but it just blew me away and I feel like I have to mention it to someone.

She pursued a goal for years. And an honorable goal too. If successful in curing the disease she will have changed the world for the better. I don't think I've met anyone like that, technically I met her but I don't think I really knew it at the time.

Have you ever met someone that determined, someone that might actually make a difference?

Nope.

malignantmouse posted...

Have you ever met someone that determined, someone that might actually make a difference?

Kinda...

I met Stephen Harper the night he became Prime Minister of Canada and he achieved his goal of uniting the right and dramatically reshaping Canada in his own image and is now working on an international unite the right movement that helped to elect men like Trump, Modi, Bolsonaro, Johnson...

They made a difference, just not for the better.

malignantmouse posted...

My ex and I broke up in college. I was a couple years older, but had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. She on the other hand was absolutely determined to pursue medical research. Specifically curing the disease that almost killed her sister.

And then she just did it. Blazed through undergrad and graduate school and now she has 8 or so research papers on the topic.

There is no reason for me to make this topic, but it just blew me away and I feel like I have to mention it to someone.

She pursued a goal for years. And an honorable goal too. If successful in curing the disease she will have changed the world for the better. I don't think I've met anyone like that, technically I met her but I don't think I really knew it at the time.

Have you ever met someone that determined, someone that might actually make a difference?

Pharmaceutical companies won't allow that to happen.